Patents by Inventor Christopher Owen Norman

Christopher Owen Norman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Unmanned delivery
    Patent number: 10839336
    Abstract: A method for unmanned delivery of an item to a desired delivery location includes receiving, at an unmanned vehicle, first data representative of an approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, receiving, at the unmanned vehicle, second data representative of a fiducial expected to be detectable at the desired delivery location, using the first data to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, upon arriving at the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, using the second data to operate the unmanned vehicle to detect the fiducial; and upon detecting the fiducial, using the fiducial to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the delivery location and deliver the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FLIR DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Helen Greiner, Jason Walker, Christopher Owen Norman, Felipe Bohorquez, Alexey Zaparovanny
  • UNMANNED DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20170011333
    Abstract: A method for unmanned delivery of an item to a desired delivery location includes receiving, at an unmanned vehicle, first data representative of an approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, receiving, at the unmanned vehicle, second data representative of a fiducial expected to be detectable at the desired delivery location, using the first data to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, upon arriving at the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, using the second data to operate the unmanned vehicle to detect the fiducial; and upon detecting the fiducial, using the fiducial to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the delivery location and deliver the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Helen Greiner, Jason Walker, Christopher Owen Norman, Felipe Bohorquez, Alexey Zaparovanny